Geramik is installed different way than Plastig but the results are the same - dir with theme is being created in /usr/share/themes/.

2. Make it work

So we got some themes. To enable them you need one more thing - libqtpixmap. To install it:

Code:

sudo apt-get install gtk-engines-qtpixmap

One can also find useful gtk-theme-switch:

Code:

sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-switch

It's a tool that was SUPPOSE to switch gtk1.x theme. And in fact it generates some good settings but in .gtkrc file, which is ignored by gtk1.x apps. Still you can use it to generate your own font settings or test new styles.

first line is for our gtk theme, so for Geramik (or ThinGeramik) change:
include "/usr/share/themes/Plastig/gtk/gtkrc"
to
include "/usr/share/themes/Geramik/gtk/gtkrc"
or
include "/usr/share/themes/ThinGeramik/gtk/gtkrc"

I also used some font settings to make it a little nicer.

That's all.

3. Oh boy it looks so pretty..

No it doesn't. Don't be deceived. Gtk1 will never look as good as gtk2. Non-antialiased fonts still look ugly. If you're using mplayer - I recommend installing it from cvs (great howto - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=85190) to get it work with gtk2.

Re: HOWTO: Gtk1.2 not so ugly

I followed exactly your guide and nothing change in my xmms look.
I'm looking for long time to change this big ugly fonts in xmms preference, so far I couldn't do anything. This is a shot with both xmms and gmplayer

PS And another thing: in ~/.gtkrc.mine if you insert that line as: /usr/share/themes/Plastig/gtk/gtkrc and open up the file gtkrc from that path you'll find out that first line is:
pixmap_path "~/.themes/Plastig/gtk"

but following your guide in ~/.themes/Plastig/gtk we don't have any file of this theme...
Probably would be more indicated to install the theme in home directory than in /usr/share/theme path or copy the theme in home directory or just modify that path...anyway...none of the solutions work for my xmms look.

Re: HOWTO: Gtk1.2 not so ugly

Thanks so much shin - that looks so much better. I don't use many gtk1.2 apps anymore, but it's really annoying when you come across one looking so hideous as they do by default.

limit223 - I might have a solution. Using the (very nice) Plastig theme, I edited /usr/share/themes/Plastig/gtk/gtkrc, changing the top line to point instead of ~/.themes/ to /usr/share/themes/Plastic/gtk/grkrc - in full. That got it working for me. If you still aren't getting the font look you want, try editing ~/.gtkrc.mine

Re: HOWTO: Gtk1.2 not so ugly

Note: I had some problems with this because my terminal was in the directory that I untared the themes. A simple cd so the home directory " cd " solves this.

Now to move on to another peave which is synaptic, it looks real ugy Im not shure if it is using gtk 1 or 2 but if it is using 1 how do I apply this how to to root.
Edit: just did a sudo natilus and its ugy to so I think its a root thing.

Re: HOWTO: Gtk1.2 not so ugly

Originally Posted by Omnios

Now to move on to another peave which is synaptic, it looks real ugy Im not shure if it is using gtk 1 or 2 but if it is using 1 how do I apply this how to to root.
Edit: just did a sudo natilus and its ugy to so I think its a root thing.

Synaptic is using gtk 2 and yeah it's root problem. Probably you downloaded some additional themes for gtk by means of gnome art downloader or you just put themes in your home directory. In that case if you run app with sudo or just root access it will use default theme. To change it - move everything that is in directory ~/.themes (as far as I remember) to /usr/share/themes (not sure about that too but if it exists, assume I remember correctly ).